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Timothy Hoekman
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Walking with God
New music for an old, familiar text (Oh! for a closer walk with God)
SAB chorus, piano
William Cowper is famous mostly for his hymn texts, several of which still appear in modern hymnals. Hoekman’s setting of these words sheds new light on the poet’s longing for a closer walk with God.
Text
Oh! For a closer walk with God,
A calm and heavenly frame;
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb!
Where is the blessedness I knew
When first I saw the Lord?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word?
What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void,
The world can never fill.
Return, O holy Dove, return!
Sweet messenger of rest:
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.
The dearest idol I have known,
Whate’er that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.
-William Cowper
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